Architecture Lead Analyst

Citibank, N.A. seeks an Architecture Lead Analyst for its Irving, Texas location.

Duties: Develop architecture, strategy, planning, and software solutions on an enterprise level. Document technical design describing structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders. Ensure solution development adheres with agreed design. Assess proposed designs for compliance with enterprise application, information, and security standards. Recommend and guide implementation of common patterns, platforms, and tools to support capabilities such as Single Sign-On (SSO) and entitlement management for employee access to external web portals. Design solution and architecture for digital applications taking into account its impact across various lines of businesses. Provide architectural vision for all IT systems, including those that support Internet applications, ensuring that architecture conforms to enterprise blueprints. Analyze existing services with internal processes related to customer journeys including loan enrollments and abandonments, customers profile updates or changes, login behavior, notifications and alerts, and demographic updates. Analyze the business problem to define approved solutions, and resolve issues for complex situations. Maintain continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure software issues, and support the development of creative solutions. Provide end-to-end results from the architected solutions including budgeting, formulation policy. Provide future state technology strategies to maintain IT systems security and ensure architecture standards are up to date. A telecommuting/hybrid work schedule may be permitted within a commutable distance from the worksite, in accordance with Citi policies and protocols.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Software Engineering, Computer Applications, or related field and 5 years of progressively responsible, post-baccalaureate experience as an Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst, Architecture Lead Analyst, Computer Systems Analyst, or related position involving complex legacy and next generation IT architecture projects in a financial industry. 5 years of experience must include: Developing frameworks to automate business processes and integration patterns;
A comprehensive tech stack for building Microservices, advanced networking, algorithms and data structures; Coding secure and scalable distributed applications to run on platforms that include on-premises, OpenShift, Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry; Evaluating and determining appropriate technology stack for solutions; Java (Spring Framework), JS (Angular, Node.js), transfer protocols ( soap, jms, etc.) and data formats (json, xml, avro, yaml, etc.); Conduct systematic evaluations of code to ensure quality, maintainability, and adherence to best practices and policies; Authentication and authorization knowledge (OAuth2, JWT, Akamai, DataPower) to ensure secure connections and proper access levels of data within internal and external services; Reviewing functional and end to end use cases, gathering performance metrics that include throughput, latency, mean time recovery of the application; Middleware platforms (EMS, MQ, Solace and Confluent Kafka); Relational and Non-Relational databases to determine the right fit based on the functional and non-functional requirements. At least 4 years of experience must include: Python. Applicants submit resumes at Please reference Job ID #26937080. EO Employer.

Wage Range: $176,600 to $183,000

Job Family Group: Technology

Job Family: Architecture

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Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Most Relevant Skills

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Mar 26, 2026

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